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The New Mexico Corrections Department (Spanish: Departamento de Correcciones de Nuevo México) is a state agency of New Mexico, headquartered in unincorporated Santa Fe County, near Santa Fe. It operates prisons in the state.
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David Jablonski, Cabinet Secretary Designate
Joe W. Booker, Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Operations
Vacant, Deputy Cabinet Secretary of Administration
Philippe Rodriguez, Acting Administrative Services Division Director
Blanca Sena, Chief Financial Officer
Ed Smith, Budget Director
Jerry Roark, Adult Prisons Division Director
Rosa Bobchak, Probation & Parole Division Director
Anna Martinez, Acting Corrections Industries Division Director
Dr. Lisa G. Salazar, Acting Recidivism Reduction Division Director
Facilities
This list includes detention facilities in New Mexico which house prisoners of the state.
1980 Riot
See more: New Mexico State Penitentiary riot
The Penitentiary of New Mexico Prison Riot, which took place on the weekend of February 2 and 3, 1980, was the most violent prison riot to date in the history of the American prison system. During an inmate takeover lasting only 36 hours, 33 inmates were killed and 12 officers were held hostage by prisoners who had escaped from cell blocks in the main unit. Inmates were brutally butchered, dismembered, decaptitated, burned alive with torches and hung up in the cell house for display. Although taking many years, this riot eventually led to several changes in New Mexico's prison system, including a modern inmate classification system modeled after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons, as well as the closing of the prison cell blocks and dormitories that were in use at the time of the riot.
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the New Mexico Corrections Department, 5 officers have died in the line of duty.